Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research by Title

Zhou, Bing(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-07)

Bayesian inference and rough set theory provide two approaches to data analysis.
There are close connections between the two theories as they both use probabilities to
express uncertainties and knowledge about data. ...

Luo, Weiguo(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-12-20)

Abundant heavy oil reserves and increasing demands for energy have encouraged
more and more interest in the exploitation of heavy oil. The recovery of heavy oil is
challenging due to its high viscosity. The thermal ...

DeSantis, Gloria Christina(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2008-12)

There appears to be little data on the social policy advocacy work of the voluntary
social service sector, also known as community-based organizations (CBOs), in Canada
and their role in helping to create healthier ...

Eastmure, Lori R.(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-09)

In the Yukon Territory, significant social, political and legal efforts have been put
in place to articulate equality between First Nations and non-First Nations people, not as
equality based on good will, but equity as ...

Peng, Wei(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-07)

A set of methodologies is proposed for dealing with uncertainties in five fields. These fields are: (1) traffic noise impact assessment, (2) hydraulic reliability assessment and reliability based optimization, (3) binary ...

Zhang, Tian Li(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-08)

The main purpose of this thesis is to discuss quantum decoherence in the frame-
work of operator algebras. We will define several types of decoherence of quantum
Markov systems based on the original notion introduced by ...

Kerr, Samantha Alicia(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-11)

Water resources of the southwestern Canadian Prairies are limited and sensitive to changes in climate and land cover. An increasing demand for water resources has increased vulnerability to hydrological drought. Because ...

Nelson, Cynthia Ann(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-12)

This phenomenological study describes five monolingual English teachers’ understandings of the language repertoires of their students in a Hutterian colony context. The five participants deliver the provincial curriculum ...

Bazargan, Amirhossein(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-03)

In this thesis, a re-configurable wheeled climbing robot has been introduced. This robot is capable of doing a multitude of tasks that no other single robot could do in the past. It can climb staircases, move inside empty ...

Hill, Kimberly Anne(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2014-03)

There are disparities in health status and outcomes between rural and remote
residents and their urban counterparts, and these disparities are caused in part by
inequitable access to health services. For decades provincial ...

Beal, Marc Andrew(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-06)

Identifying factors that influence germline mutation rate in animals is an
important toxicological consideration. However, research in this area is limited by the
lack of efficient and precise tools for characterizing ...

Palmarin, Matthew Joseph(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-07)

The development and evaluation of novel treatment and sanitation devices are necessary for the advancement of wastewater management practices. Considering future water demands and the limitation of current supplies, water ...

Gagnon, Michelle Marie Gagnon(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-07)

Pain underassessment among older adults living in long-term care has been recognized as an ethical concern and an area requiring further attention. It is estimated that up to 80% of older adults in long-term care suffer ...

Najumudeen, Ameerudeen(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-07)

This work developed a mechanistic corrosion model that can be used to predict corrosion rate of carbon steel in the carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption processes using aqueous solutions of monoethanolamine (MEA). The developed ...

Sun, Wei(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-07)

Applications of mathematical models to waste management are usually complicated by
the complexities involved in either waste treatment processes or waste management
systems. In this dissertation research, a set of ...

Song, Chengyao(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-10)

Tremendous resources of tight oil are located in North America and widely
distributed in 24 oil reservoirs, which are characterized by both low permeability
and low porosity. Although long horizontal wells together with ...

Li, Gongchen(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-08)

Energy-related activities are a major contributor of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The mitigation of GHG emissions should thus be incorporated within the framework of integrated energy-environment systems ...

Owolagba, John Oladele(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-12)

Tailings footprint reduction efforts have led to the investigation of several treatment
technologies (natural, physical, chemical and physicochemical processes) to improve
tailings dewatering. Most of these methods develop ...

Robinson, Brett Andrew Bernard(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-04)

Showtime’s Dexter (2006-) is a television series about a serial killer named
Dexter Morgan that has become a cult-hit in the landscape of popular North American
television. The series’ narrative follows Dexter’s life as ...